From: Matteo RoccoSubject: CRD: Scoundrel_days-Album.crd by a-ha ALBUM NAME: Scoundrel days GROUP: -ha WORDS AND MUSIC: Scoundrel days - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar The swing of things - words and music by Pal Waaktaar I've been losing you - words and music by Pal Waaktaar October - words and music by Pal Waaktaar Manhattan skyline - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar Cry wolf - words by Mags and Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags We're looking for the whales - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags The weight of the wind - words and music by Pal Waaktaar Maybe maybe - words and music by Mags Soft rains of April - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar MY NAME: Matteo Rocco MY -MAIL: xs@xnet.it *** USE NOT-PROPORTIONAL (monospaced) FONTS TO APPRECIATE MY EFFORTS AND PLAY IN TIME !!! *** There may be some hints like these: Rhthym | |. |:lenght=1 |~=0.5 |~~=0.25 |.=1.5 d=2 d=2 d.=3 o=4 Chords -/ | harmony/bass melody | here means end of measure Lyrics yooohoo!! Choir (yeah!!) Notes c a single notes of the lead singer Choir g e second voice ALBUM NAME: Scoundrel days GROUP: -ha WORDS AND MUSIC: Scoundrel days - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar Thw swing of things - words and music by Pal Waaktaar I've been losing you - words and music by Pal Waaktaar October - words and music by Pal Waaktaar Manhattan skyline - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar Cry wolf - words by Mags and Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags We're looking for the whales - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags The weight of the wind - words and music by Pal Waaktaar Maybe maybe - words and music by Mags Soft rains of April - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar MY NAME: Matteo Rocco MY -MAIL: xs@xnet.it *** USE NOT-PROPORTIONAL (monospaced) FONTS TO APPRECIATE MY EFFORTS AND PLAY IN TIME !!! *** ... far to be perfect ... just hope it helps ya ... SCOUNDREL DAYS (-) | (-) | (-)(9) | (-)(9) o o o o - -(9) Was that somebody screaming it wasn't me for sure o o - -(7) I lift my head up from uneasy pillows put my feet on the floor - cut my wrist on a bad thought and head for the door - -(9) outside on the pavement the dark makes no noise - I can feel the sweat on my lips leaking into my mouth o o - I'm heading out for the steep hills they're leaving me no.. - - - | - cho..ice and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king - - we belie........ve through the lies and the hating o - - / / / that love goes free -9 -(9) for want of an option I run the wind 'round - I dream pictures of houses burning never knowing nothing else to do o o - with death comes the morning unannounced and new - - was it too much to ask for to pull a little weight - they forgive anything but greatness these are scoundrel days o--o - - and I'm close to calling out their names as pride hits my fa..ce - - yeeheehee and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king - - - we belie.......ve through the lies and the hating (uoh no!) o o o o - / - / / / - -4/ -/ that love goes free........ through scoundrel days..... yehy.... hm -4/ | - | -4/ | -/ | -4/ | -(9) | -/ | -/ | -4/ ah ah - - I reach the edge of town I've got blood in my hair - their hands touch my body from everywhere o o - - | - | but I know that I've made it as I run into the air o o - hmeah yeah - - and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king - - - we belie.......ve through the lies and the hating (uoh no!) - / - | | | - | | | - G_| that love goes free........ oh wo through scoundrel days THE SWING OF THINGS ( ) - - | -4 | -4 - - | -4-- | - - - | (9 fr.) -4 | -4 - - | (9) -4 | - | | | - | | | - o |. |~--d o |. |~-d - - | | You say the world's an eventful place - - | | you give me news I don't want to know - - - | | - | you say that I should care that I should speak my mind - - oh but how can I speak of the world rushing by with a lump in my throat and - - tears in my eyes oh have we come to the point of no turning back or is it - - | - | | - | | still time to get into the swing of things - | -/ | - - | | let us walk through this windless city - - | | I'll go on till the winter gets me - - - | | "Oh sleep..." you wrote "sleep my dear..." in a letter somewhere o - - - oh but how can I sleep with your voice in my head with an ocean - between us and room in my bed oh have I come to the point where I'm losing o |. |. | - - - - | the grip or is it still time to get into the swing of things |. |. | |. |. | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - - oh when she gloves in the dark and I'm weak by the sight of this - breathtaking beauty in which I can hide oh there's a world full out there - of people I fear but given time I'll get into the swing of things yes - - when she gloves in the dark and I'm struck by the sight I know that I'll o o - | | - | | need this for the rest of my li.........fe but I know - c#d - - - | | | that I'll need this... ...the rest of my life oh but I'll o o - - | | nee....d this you know that I'll nee....d this - - what have I done what lies I have told I've played games with the ones that c#c# - - rescued my soul oh have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip or (oh but I'll neeeee...................d this) - -_| is it still time to get into the swing of things I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU | | | | | | | D5_| - - - it wasn't rain that washed away rinsed out the colours of your eyes - putting the gun down on the bedside table I must have realized - - it wasn't the rain that made no difference and I could have sworn it - wasn't me yet I did it all so coldly almost slowly - | plain for all to see oh c'mon please now talk to me (aaah!) tell me things I could find helpful how can I stop now (aaah!) is there nothing I can do I have lost my way - | | | I've been losing you hm - - I can still hear our screams competing you're hissing your s's - - like a snake now in the mirror stands half a man I thought no one could - - break it wasn't the rain that made no difference nervously drumming on: - "Run away!" but I want the guilt to get me thoughts to wreck me - preying on my mind so please now talk to me (aaah!) tell me things I could find helpful how can I stop now (aaah!) o is there nothing I can do.. I have lost my way - - | | - | | - | | - / | - I've been losing you please now talk to me (aaah!) tell me things I could find helpful how can I stop now (aaah!) is there nothing I can do talk to me tell me (please now aaah!) oh tell me what to do......... oh how can I stop now (helpful aaah!) d d o o o o - - is there nothing I can do I have lost my way I've been losing you o o o o o o -/ -7 -_| you I've been losing you you I've been losing you... N.. | - | - | - | - babe - | - | - | - - | - | - | - hmmm o | | | | | | | | - | - | - | - -7 -6 -7 -6 | -7 -6 -7 -6 | hmmm hm run away now OCTOBER effects | | | | + | | | - -7 Dawn awaits a sleepless English town of coloured grey - -7 here I roam the streets without you as summer fades away o o o -7 -7 | | F#o | down in the city at nights hmmmmmmm the cold wind blows - -7 wherever you may be right now it must be getting late - -7 you're probably asleep already I am wide awake -7 -7 | | | | | | + | | | down in the city at nights mmmmmmmhh... F#o | - -7 don't be lonely so you've told me but don't you worry now - -7 | | -7 loneliness can be ignored and time has shown me how -7 -7 | | + | down in the city at nights oh I'm missing you so much *whistle* | | | | | + | - *whistle* *whistle* -7 -7 -7 -7 E7_| down in the city hm down in the city hhm hmm MANHATTAN SKYLINE 3/4 . . . . . . . . - + We sit and watch umbrellas fly I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry . . . - + I hear myself say "My boat's leaving now" so we shake hands and cry . . . - - now I must wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye 4/4 _| - wave goodbye.......... you know I don't want to cry again (wave goodbye) - - don't want to cry again I don't want to say goodbye - - - don't ever want to cry again I don't want to run away I don't want to race 3/4 o . . - - - | - this pain I'll never see your face again eh! oh but how how can you . . | . . . - - | - - say that I didn't try you see things in the depths of my eyes . . . . - | - | C_| that my love's run dry no! I'll leave . . . . . . . - + to their goodbyes I've come to depend on the look in their eyes my . . . - + blood's sweet for pain the wind and the rain bring back words of a song - - and they say wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye 4/4 / _| - wave goodbye............ but you know I don't want to fall again (wave goodbye) - - I don't want to know this pain don't want another friend - - - I don't want to try again don't ever want to see you hurt don't let me see - - - | you hurt I don't want to cry again I'll never see your face again 3/4 . . | | | - - - - - | how can you say that I didn't try you know I did you see . . - - - - things in the depths of my eyes that my love's run dry 4/4 3/4 . . . . . -7 - + so I read to myself: a chance of a lifetime to see new (I don't wanna cry again!) . . . . . . . . - + horizons on the front page a black and white picture of Manhattan . F_| skyline CRY WOLF (-) | (-) | (-) -7 | | (-) -7 | -- | (-) -7 | | (-) -7 | | "you know" . . (-) -7 | | (-) -7 | -- | "night I left the city I dreamt of a wolf . . d | |~ |~--o d | |~ |~--d | | -7 | | -7 | | ah! . . d | |~ |~--o d | |~ |~--d | | -7 | -7 | | ooh ooooooh! -7 he came from where the winds are cold and truth is seen through keyholes -7 strange longins that never sleep oh now he's come where no hearts beat (no hearts beat) . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 cry time to worry (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . 2/4 d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | d -7 -7 | N../ | time to worry now.. (cry wolf ooh oooh!) 4/4 o | | -7(4+) -7(4) -7 ooh! you can start but you cannot stop you give in but you can't give up -7 you can tell all your desperate jokes to the world that puts your . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 love on hold cry time to worry (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now.... (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . 2/4 d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | d -7 -7 | N../ | cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now... (cry wolf ooh oooh!) 4/4 o -7/4+ | -7/4+ | -9/ | -9/ | - | - | -7 | -7 oooh! ooh! . . . . -7/4+ | -7/4+ | -9/ | -9/ | N.. - N.. - | N.. - N.. - . . . . . . - - - - | N.. o o o o o o -7/4+ -9/ -7 "I dreamt of a wolf" "yeah a wolf" hmm the sunken eyes o o o o o o -7 and the pain...... in his cries.... a shape in the da...........rk cry (da......rk) . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 time to worry (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now.... now! (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now! cry (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . 2/4 o o d | |~ |~--d | | d N.. -7 | N../ | time to worry now... (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 time to worry (cry wolf ooh oooh!) (now!) . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now! cry (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 oooooooooh! time to worry now... (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . 2/4 d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | d -7 -7 | N../ | oooooooooh! time to worry now... aaaaaaaaye! (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 ooh oooooh oohoooh...... (cry wolf ooh oooh!) . . d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | -7 -7 oooh ooh oooooh oohoooh (cry wolf ooh oooh!) d.. |~--o .... -7 .... ooh ooh ooh .... (cry wolf ooh oooh!) .... WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE WHALES () | (-) | () | (-) ...oooooohooo o d d o o - - One left low left two who left high they seem so hard to find *double speed* o -/ / - three came twice took once the time to search o -7 - -7 we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little o o o o A5_| bewildered girl we're looking for the whales haaaaaaaahaaahaaahaaaa o o o o o o o o - - restlessness is in our genes time won't wear it off -/ / - born into this world with our eyes wide open girl (..pen girl!) -7 - -7 we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little o o - bewildered girl we're looking for the whales oh girl -7 - -7 we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little o o o o A5_| bewildered girl we're looking for the whales haaaaaaaahaaahaaahaaaa () | () | (-) | (-) | () | () | (-) | (-) | o o o o o o - - I found angels bea.......ched outside o o o o o o o / - | - | - | - your doors don't you set those lonely e...yes on me ah o - | - | - | - | | | -9/ | -9/ | - | - | | - ah ah ah aahh ah oh girl o -7 - -7 we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little (...dered girl!) o o o o o | | -7 | -7 | | bewildered | (looking for the whales yeah! hm!) (looking for the whales) | (oh yeah!| o o o | -7 | -7 | -7 | we're looking for a little | (looking for the whales) | for the whales) (ohoh!) | o o o o o | -7 | bewildered we're looking for a little bewildered | (looking for the whales) (looking for the | (ah! eh! oooooohooooooooooooohoo | o o o o o | -7 | we're looking for a little bewildered | whales) (looking for the whales) | oooo!) (hm! hm! oh! ooeh!)| o o o o | -7 | we're looking for a little bewildered | (looking for the whales)| (ooh! ooh!) | o o o o | -7 | we're looking for a little bewildered | (oooheeh eheh eheh whales)| (ayaya!) (ooh) | o o o o | -7 | we're looking for a little bewildered | (looking for the whales)| o o o o | -7 | we're looking for a little bewildered | (looking for the whales)| (for the whales)| (we're looking for a little bewildered) | o o o o o | -7 | we're looking for a little bewildered | (looking for the whales) | (ooeh! eh eh! hey ah! ooh ooh!) | (ooh | o o ... | -7 ... | ooh! ooh oooh! oh oh oh!) ... | THE WEIGHT OF THE WIND | - | - N../ | N../ | N../ / | N../ | N../ / | o o N../ | / - | - + | - | - + | - | - + | - -- | |. |~- - - -7 Your face looked new against the town - -7 you've come to lose some memories - -7 like you I came to touch new grounds but - - - you want to lose the weight of the wind rests hard on (of the wind) - - your shoulders.... bringing you down (oooh! aaah!) (down down!) |. |~- |. |~- - - | - | the one that you love will never be found (your love!) |. |~- |. |~- - | - ha! - -7 you speak into the falling rain - -7 words you'd lost but found again - -7 I have seen their snakey arms entwined - -7 so clear and cruel in your jealous mind ("jealous mind") - - but you've gotta to lose the weight of the wind rests (of the wind) - - hard on your shoulders.... I know what that means (oooh! aaah!) (down down!) - -_| | N.. | / | the one that you love will never be found ha! (your love!) (will never be found!) N.. | - | - + | - | - + | - | - + -- | ooh! |. |~- |. |~- - | (7+) -(4) - | - + | - | - + | - | - + | - -- | ayayaya! |. |~- (7+) -(4) - - the weight of the wind..... the weight of the wind (ooh aah!) (of the wind - - is hard on your shoulders is driving you down (your aah!) (down down!) - - the one that you love.... will never be found (the one that you love...) (found) (your aah!) (found) - - you lost that forever down down (lost that forever) - - the weight of the wind the weight of the wind (aah aah!) (the weight of the wind) (the weight of the wind) - - it's hard on your shoulders 's driving you down (aah aah!) (down down) - - the one that you love...... will never be found you lost (aahha aaah!) (noo..oo will never be found) (ayyy you lost - - ... that forever aah! yay down ... (aah aah) ... that forever) ... MAYBE MAYBE -7 -7 - Maybe you were joking when you said tath you were walking out on me - - | -/ maybe maybe -7(4) -7 -(7) maybe I was joking when I said that I was running out on you h! - - | -/ -7 -7 -4/7 | | maybe maybe I could be wrong so wrong -7 -7 -4/7 | | -7 -7 | | | | I could be wrong so wrong oh! I could be wrong | | -7 -7 I don't know but it's been said decisions travel far from heart - - - | - to head maybe maybe -7(4) -7 -(7) maybe it was over when you chuked me out the Rover at full speed o o - - -7 -7 -4/7 | | maybe maybe oh babe I could be wrong so wrong yooh! -7 -7 -4/7 | | -7 -7 -4/7 | | I could be wrong so wrong I could be wrong so wrong oh! -7 -7 | | | | () () () | I could be wrong so wro......ng | () | () | | - | | - | | - | | - | yyyyyyyyah! trrr! ! t! trr !! ! | - | | - | | - | | -7 -7 -4/7 | -7 -7 -4/7 I could be wrong so wrong oh! I could be wrong so wrong (oooooh!) (hmmm maybe -7 -7 -4/7 | -7 -7 I could be wrong so wrong I could be wrong so maybe) (so! wrong walking out on me!) -4/7 -7 -7 -4/7 wrong I.... could be wrong so wrong (was running I...) (maybe maybe) -7 -7 -4/7 | | | | | G_| I could be wrong so wrong SOFT RAINS OF APRIL *crescendo* 4/4 3/4 / | / | / | / | - | | | | - | | | - the soft rains of April are over - the soft rains of April are over over 4/4 3/4 -7 - anybody home now I am on the phone now please the soft rains of April are 4/4 - over the ferry 'cross the waters to Dover over anybody 3/4 (free time.. -7 -7 - home now I am on the phone and I'd like to come back is it raining ........................) 4/4 -9 - back home I'm so alone just got up today and my thoughts are miles away 3/4 - | | | - | - | | | - - with you oh ah ah! oohoohoo oohoohoooh | - - | | | - - - hmmmm hmm oooh! hm ooohoohoohoohoohooh oooh aah hmm - | | | - | - | | | - | - | | | - | oooh hmmmm! *crescendo* 4/4 3/4 / | / | / - well they gave me four years three more to go - - | | keep writing letters time's passing so.. slow..... time's passing so.. - | | | - slow so the soft rains of April are over - | -/ | -/F#_| the soft rains of April are over ove....r